Writing Resources

http://www2.oakland.edu/writingcenter/ -  The OU Writing Center is open to writers at any stage of the writing process, not just students enrolled in Rhetoric, English or other writing courses, but everyone from business to science to engineering to health and beyond. Writing is a developmental process, and the Oakland University Writing Center allows you to pilot your ideas with an interested and supportive audience.  The Writing Center is open to high school students who are struggling and those that are doing well and want to improve.  Help is available on assignments, scholarship essays and even college application essays.  Help is free.

Research

          How to…

A Research Guide for Students –Tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings.   This includes everything from general to specific research tools and even topics, as well as numerous guides on how-to write an “A” paper all the way down to the last footnote.

How to do Research –  A visual and colorful step- by-step guide explaining how to research effectively geared toward younger students but informative for everyone. 

            General Research Sources

http://free.ed.gov/  - Teaching and learning resources for just about every class all free and supplied by many federal agencies

http://elibrary.mel.org/  - Michigan’s Electronic Library

www.metacrawler.com – Incorporates Google, Yahoo, Ask and MSN to generate search results.  A real powerhouse!

www.aldaily.com – Access to news sources across the world

http://www.infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/Homepage?p_action=doc&p_theme=current&p_nbid=A6AL4FHLMTE3NTI2NzgyNi4yOTc4MTE6MToxMzoyMDQuMzkuNTYuMTYw  - The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.

English

http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/start.do?userGroupName=lom_inac&&prodId=OVRC – “opposing viewpoints” by Gale Thomson – perfect for speech or debate

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC;jsessionid=0ADB6F500C7E2B02F7657BAC87FF2022?locID=mlc27791 - Database by Thomson Gale, which includes:

Poems The ultimate poetry reference. 125,000 full-text poems including more than 25,000 copyrighted poems, 800,000 poem citations.
Stories Thousands of full-text stories, explanations, biographies, Just Published Stories and pictures.
Essays Over 125,000 full text poems, explanations, study guides, a glossary, pictures and more. The most comprehensive, curriculum-integrated collection available. Perfect for students, teachers and librarians.
Plays The most complete single source of full-text plays, covering the full range of dramatic expression.
Speeches Includes the best-known speeches of the past 2,500 years.

02/28/08 

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